Ice Skating 157 & 158: Final SISA Ice

Lil Shauna's last ice skating lesson was a long time back - Coach Raymond was on holiday, we were on holiday and then the rink was busy. We did keep up with our weekly practices when possible. No choice lah, the competition is getting so near.

We are finally back on the ice for classes; we had back to back sisa ice on Tuesday and Wednesday. These were the last pushes and very much needed. While Lil Shauna wasnt totally absent on ice, it made a huge difference between practicing on 1/3 ice vs full ice.

Bcos it is so near to the competition, SISA ice had been so crowded. Lots were drawn beforehand to decide on practice sequence. Every skater get to practice at least once. The 2nd time will be dependent on the lot number, with those in the front of the q having a bigger chance. Lil Shauna was so anxious while waiting for her turn to practice her program with music.

Her 1st attempt was horrid; she was busy chasing after the music.

I had to sneak to her to remind her to be fast, not rushed. Fortunately, she got her 2nd chance and she was much better with the pace but couldnt do her jumps. Zzzzzzz. All our bets were on the last SISA practice on Wednesday evening.

Lil Shauna will be recycling her costume from the last competition. I like this costume bcos the shiny flakes are sew on and not stick on, so they dont drop everywhere like her last ones. The depreciation of the costumes are super high; each costume normally last her for max 2 competitions before she outgrew them and they are expensive. There are no other uses for them after the competition. We had been getting the lower end tier costumes from 淘宝 and they easily cost $80.

To make sure that she would be able comfortable enough to skate in it, she was skating in her costume on Wednesday.

SISA ice was even more crowded on Wednesday. She was 8th in the Q and only got to do her program once.

She said that her knee pain came back and at the same spot. Zzzzz... so near to the competition some more. She had her knee brace, hoping that it would help.

The program practice wasnt too bad; luckily she didnt screw up the only chance that she had. For the rest of the lesson, she was practicing the program elements over and over and over again.

That's it. Our last ice lesson before her competition. I did take the opportunity to take plenty of pictures though. Hehehe.

So pretty!

Mummy Lim